How California's catastrophic wildfires are inflaming the state's insurance crisis
The wildfires scorching Southern California are reducing entire neighborhoods to ashes, destroying expensive real estate and exacerbating an insurance crisis that predates the inferno. As the Los Angeles area disaster continues to unfold, costs are rapidly escalating, and AccuWeather's Global Weather Center is now estimating the total damage. Between $250 billion and $275 billion. The […]
5 looming questions about California's devastating wildfires
The deadly fires continue to ravage the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with at least 10 people dead. Although authorities have not yet determined the exact causes of most of the fires, Los Angeles police have arrested one suspect on suspicion of starting some of them. But what has become clear is that abundant dry vegetation […]
What to know about California's controversial new law aimed at preventing gas price spikes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed into law a controversial plan that would tighten storage rules for fuel refineries to prevent future fuel shortages and higher pump prices. of AB×2-1 The bill, approved by the California Assembly on Monday morning and the state Senate in a special session on Friday, would allow state […]
California's Google deal
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